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Liverpool, Merseyside (formerly Lancashire).

Full titles read: "TRAFALGAR DAY IN LIVERPOOL"

L/S's of sailors standing next to monument holding flags. L/S's of senior naval officers placing wreaths at the base of the large memorial. C/U of card on floral wreath which reads: "LIVERPOOL NAVY LEAGUE - OUR NATIONAL HERO LORD NELSON."

L/S's of band playing (they look like Sea Cadets). Two senior officials walk past the (One in in naval uniform, while the other wears a mayoral type chain around his neck). L/S of mayor watching naval officers march past on parade, followed by Sea Cadets. M/S of the mayor and two naval officials.

10 telling images selected from British Pathé's extensive WWI footage. 'The war to end all wars' was a war without parallel: over 70 million military personnel were involved and over 17 million people died.